Watch-support.



L. D. GROSSETT.

WATCH SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1908.

08,545, Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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v LEWIS D. CROSSETT, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

WATCH-SUPPORT.

. No. 903,545. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Application filed May 7', 1908. Serial No. 431,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS D. CRossET'r, citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vatch-Supports,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the provision of a device for reliablysupporting a Watch by pneumatic pressure, or suction, to a perpendicularsurface, such as a pane of glass in front of a railway car whereby thetime is indicated to the motorman.

The invention consists of a peculiarly constructed receptacle for awatch and provided with a suction device for attaching the receptacle toa plane surface.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a watchholding device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a view partly invertical longitudinal section and partly in side elevation of the same;and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical transverse section of the device. 1

The reference numeral 5 designates the watch container formed with 'acavity 6 therein to receive the watch case 7 and communicating therewithis a cavity 8 for the watch stem 9 and the ring 10. Asshown, thecontainer is closed at the back by a wall 11 while an opening isprovided at the front for exposing the watch-face. About the margin ofthis opening is an inwardly directed flange 12 which terminates in arelatively sharp inner edge 13 and is of such a widthas to extend overthewatch-bezel and upon the crystal 7 This container, as ,well as therear portion of the device which will be presently described is formedof molded rubber, or an equivalent elastic material, and is of such sizeand configuration as to snugly embrace a watch introduced therein andmake close contact with the crystal about the aforesaid edge 13, thusaffording .a means for reliably holding the watch, but

likewise preventing the admission of water or dust to thepossible'injury of the watchmovement. At the rearand-integrallyconnected to said watch container by 'a relatively smallneck 14: is a bell-shaped sucker with a wall 15 which is desirablyformed of decreasing thickness from its juncture with the neck to itscircumferential edge whence extends a peripheral rim or flange 16 whichterminates in a sharp outer edge 17. This flange is formed with aconically arranged face 18 which, if produced to an apex, wouldintersect the axis thereof and that of the wall 15 at a point locatedwithin the cavity 19 of the sucker.

20 represents a lug protruding from the outer surface of the wall 15 tofurnish a finger engagement whereby the edge of the sucker adjacentthereto may be drawn from the surface to which the device is attachedfor admitting air to the cavity 19 when the device is to be disconnectedfrom such surface. This lug is desirably positioned in proximity to theedge 17 and directlvbehind the protruding part of the container whichincloses the watch-stem, as I find that in such a place it is inconvenient reach of the index-finger of the hand employed in removingthe device.

It may be mentioned that in the manufacture of these devices from rubberthe rim-flange 16 is vulcanized to a less extent than the remainingparts, thus rendering the rim quite soft to furnish a good seat, whilethe other parts are made more rigld to maintain them in suitable shapeto per-\ I part of the sucker wall 15 which is in proximity to the neckit is caused to be deflected rearwardly to evacuate the cavity 19 of alarge part of the contained air and also serving to force the hithertoconlcal face 18 into a plane and into intimate contact throughout itssurface with the surface to which the device is to be attached, thuscausing the device to continuously cling to the latter surface by theatmospheric pressure acting upon the device as a whole and also upon therelatively thin surface of the flange 16 which accommodates ltself toslight irregularities of the attached surface. To remove the device anoutward pull is exerted through the lug, 20 to efi'ect the opening ofthe-joint between the rim-flange and the attached surface for the accessof air, whereupon the weight of the watch and the holding-devicetherefor will cause them to fall into the hand of the user.

Among the advantages derived by this invention is the safeguarding of awatch against injury through the effects of dust or moisture, andfrombecoming deranged vided with a flange with a'eonical-shaped a closedback, and a sucker formed integral with the container, said sucker beingproinner' surface and terminating insa sharp peripheral edge. 4 7 z 2.As a new article of manufacture, a container for a watch having an openfront and a closed, back, and afbell-shaped sucker integrally connected"with the container by a neck, said sucker beingprovided with a .flangehaving a conical-shaped inner surface and'terminating in a, sharpperipheral edge.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a receptacle formed with a cavity toaccommodate a watch and its stemand having an open front, a bell-shapedsucker at the rear of the receptacle, and a neck-portion intermediate ofand formed integral with said receptacle and said sucker.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a watch-container formed withcommunicating cavities respectively provided for the reception of thecase. and stem of a watch, the cavity for the" case being open at itsfront, a bell-shaped sucker having a conical faced 'rim-flange'whichterminates in a sharp 1 perlpheral, edge, and a neck intermediatethesucker and said container.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a

watchcontainer formed with communicating cavitiesrespectivelyprovided-for the reception of the case and stem of a Watch,

the cavity for the case being open at its front and having an inwardlydirected flange thereabout which terminates in a sharp inner peripheraledge arranged to extend over the margin of the crystalof a watch whenthe same is inserted within the container, a bell-shaped sucker having aconical faced rim-flange which terminates I in a sharp peripheral edge,and a neck intermediate the sucker an said container;

6. As a new art cle of manufacture,ua watch container formed with,commun cating cavities respectively provided for thereception ofthecaseand stem of a watch,

the cavity for the case being open at its front, a bell-shaped suckerhaving a conical faced rim-flange which terminates in a sharp P p l g aneck intermediate the sucker and said container, and a fingerengageablelug upon the sucker and in proximity to'the rim-flange thereof.

7. As a new article of -manufacture, a watch container formed withcommunicat-' ing cavities respectively provided for the reception ofthecase and stem of a watch,

the cavity for the case being open at its front and having an inwardlydirected flange thereabout' which terminates in a sharp inner peripheraledge arranged to extend over the margin of the crystal of a watch whenthe sameis inserted within the container, a bell-shaped sucker having 'aconical faced rim-flange which terminates in a peripheral edge, a neckintermediate the sucker and said container, and a finger engageable lugupon the sucker and in prox-.

imity to the'rim-flange thereof. y

In testimony hereof I subscribe my name in the presence of twowitnesses. LEWIS D. CROSSETT. Witnesses:

PIERRE BARNES, HORACE BARNES.

